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Show off your support for World Cup 2010 !!!

Our iStopOver for World Cup members keep telling us how excited they are about the upcoming World Cup event. Now you can show off your support by inserting a Widget on your own web site. It is really easy. Look through all the widgets on this page. As soon as you find a widget that you like, click on the image. You will see the words “Get Widget” under the widget and follow the online instructions. You can install widgets on Facebook, Blogger, Twitter, iGoogle, WordPress, TypePad or ANYWHERE you can embed HTML code.

Best of all, its free!! Go for it – support your team and embed a widget on your page!

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Introducing the iStopOver for World Cup 2010 Ambassador Program

Our South African Hosts continue to tell us that it is extremely important that they show off the “Best of South Africa”. There is a huge amount of goodwill being shown by our Hosts to international visitors that will be arriving for the World Cup.

South Africa is going to be a very exciting location in June and July 2010 and many of our iStopOver members are invested in guaranteeing that everyone that will be attending has a great experience.

The iStopOver Ambassador program lets Hosts offer many extra services to their Guests aimed at ensuring a successful stay.

With the vast number of visitors to South Africa in such a short period of time, the infrastructure will be stretched to its maximum. iStopOver’s Ambassador program essentially relieves pressure on three areas that many of our Hosts and Guests have identified as “pressure points”:  Accommodations, infrastructure and security.

New look for iStopOver for World Cup 2010

On January 8^th 2010, we launched our new look for iStopOver for World Cup 2010. Along with the new colours and images, it brings a wealth of new functionality and features.

Based on extensive user feedback, we launched the new look and we are very excited with the result. Please look at www.istopover.com/worldcup2010 and tell us what you think by adding your comments to this blog posting.

As we get closer to the World Cup in June 2010, our efforts are focused in two directions. Many more Hosts are adding their listings to the site, and there are now plenty of great listings all over South Africa, located close to each of the soccer games. And, we are receiving more and more Guest requests and bookings as visitors to the World Cup make their accommodations bookings through iStopOver.

One of the most important changes we have made is to allow Hosts to be able to offer many additional amenities directly in their listings. This allows our Hosts who want to offer varied amenities, such as airport pickup and drop off, meals, laundry to name just a few, to list these extra offerings on the site. See the Blog post on “iStopOver for World Cup Ambassador Program” for more details and read how iStopOver Hosts are helping to ensure that Guests have a great experience in South Africa.

iStopOver in the Press: The Guardian UK

Check out this great article by the great people of the Guardian UK featuring iStopOver!

Here's an excerpt:

“iStopover has created its own sub-site especially for the tournament, teaming up with a South African property company to boost local publicity. "We currently have over 1,400 listings," says site founder Mark Skapinker. "Bookings from guests all over the world are already rolling in, and we [expect] them to skyrocket now that fans know exactly where the teams are playing.”

Click here to read the full article, 'All a-bed for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa' »

Hospitality comes from the people not from the Industry: Local residence charm sports fans

A city having the opportunity to host a large scale international sporting event such as the Pan American Games, the Olympics, or World Cup Soccer is a rare and special occurrence. The feeling of pride in the host city is contagious. There is a collective drive to put in extra effort so visitors and viewers from afar get a taste of its culture and distinct manner of hospitality. It is too bad that as a city gets ready to show the world how welcoming they are, the hospitality industry is sometimes unable to provide the necessary support.